Yemen: The Forgotten War

From the mountains of Yemen last week came
news of a sharp turn in the fighting that greatly improves the
prospects of Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser and dims the hopes of
victory for the tenacious royalist tribesmen of Imam Mohamed el Badr. A
brisk, twelve-week campaign has put Nasser's troops and tanks in
control of most of the country.

The streak of success came none too soon for Egypt's ruler, who has
poured vast quantities of men and money behind the republican regime
that deposed the Imam in a palace coup two years ago. Since then, it
has been touch...